Wire-working tool.



No. 743,738. PATBNTBD NOV. 10, 1903.

W. LIEOHTY.

WIRE WORKING TOOL. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24,1903. P io MODEL.

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Patented November 10, 1903.

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l'VllflLlAM LYECIYPY, Of BLUFFTON, OHIO,

WiRE-'WOFtKlNG TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 743,738, dated. November 10, 1903.`

Application filed tiene 24,1903. Serial No. 162|916. (No mccielf To at?, whom t nmycoaccra:

Be it known that I, WILLMM LIECHTY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Blatt'- ton, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Wire-forking rlool, of which the followingis a specilication.

This invention relates to wire working tools, and has for its object to provide an impleurent for coiling the ends nl Wiresaround the ho'dy portion. oi' the same or another wire or other object, Vand is more particularly adapted for use in fence-building and for similar purposes, but may he employed for other purposes. I do not, therefore, wish to he limited in the use ot' thedevice in connection with any structure or for any purpose for which it is adapted.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and descrihed, and spccilied in thc claims.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, Figure l is a plan View. Fig. 2 isa plan view with the coverplate removed. Fig. Si is a side elevation of the implement. .F.g. die an end view oi' the ceiling-dish detached. Fig. 5 is a plan View of a portion of the steelt or handle xneniher with the coilingdish and pawl dev tached.

The improved implement consists ol' a stock or handle olf any approved shape or eine `and having a central cavity 11 in one face at the operative end, the bottoni oi the cavity having a radial aperture 12 extending outwardly through the hodyoi the stock and also through the wall oi' the cavity, shown in'-V Fig. Leading from the cavity 11 is a smaller cavity 13, in which a spring-actuated pawl le iits, any shown. yv'ithin the cavity 11 the ceiling-dish l5 lits and s rotativo therein and provided with peripheral ratchet-teeth 16,with which the pawl 1i engages, as shown jin Fig. 2. The ceiling-disk is formed with a radial aperture 17, adapted to register with the aperture lil when the ceiling disk is turned into one particularpositiou; lout it will he noted that a central aperture is inaintained continuously through both the stock and coilingdisk. By this means the coilingdisk is freeto rotate in one direction only in the cavity, but will be held from turning in the opposite direction by the pawl '14. i

The ceiling-disk 15 is formed with an extended concentric central portion 18 smaller than the body of 'the disk, having a shoulder or lug 19 formed thereon and extending beyond the periphery of theprart 1S, andextend-` ing laterally from this extended portion are spaced rihs 2O 2l, the space between the rihs merging into and forming a lateral extension oi' the radial aperture 17, as shown. The inner adjacent faces ot' the ribs` 2O 21 are reversely concaved, .s shown in Fig. 4, the 0bjeot to be hereinafter explained.

Attached, as by screws 22, to the stock 1 0 is acover-plate 23, the plate having an aperture 2d conforming to the extension 18 and engaging under the shoulder or 1ug19 and provided with a lateral aperture 25, corresponding to and arranged to register with the aperture 12. The plate extends entirely over the apertures 11 and 13 and forms an effectual cover therefor to prevent the entrance of moisture or other foreign matter, and it also serves as a holding means for the coil ingdish and pawl. The stool; or handle will be formed of suitable metal and of sniiicient strength to with stand the strains to which it will be subjected.

By this simple means a very cheaply-constructed efficient implement is produced by which a wire may be very quickly coiled around another Wire or another portion of the saine wire and tightly secured thereto and as many coils or whirls" made as required.

l/Vhcn operating the device, the end to he twisted is bent over into the space between the ribs 2O 21 and held therein by slight pressure 'ny the hand of the operator until the twist is started, when the overhang or concaved form of the inner faces of the ribs will forn a frictional tension means to effectnally prevent the wire from leaving the ribs accidentally. The concave form of the ribs is therefore au, important feature of the invention and adds `materially to the eiiect- `iveness of the device.

The details of the construction may be va- IOO ried in minor particulars without departing from the principle of the invention or sacriticing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim isl. lAWire-Worki ng tool consisting of a stock, p or handle having a circular cavity at one end provided with a radial' transverse apertureleading outwardly through the Wall of the cavity, a coilingdisk mounted rotatively in said cavity and ing radial aperture corresponding with said radial stock-aperture, and formed with laterally-extended Aspaced guide-ribs exteriorlyof said stock or handle, and means for lock# ingl said disk from movement in one direction, substantially as described.

2. A wire-Working tool consisting of a stock or handle,"a coiling-disk mounted for rotation uponsaid stock or handle and having a radial aperture and laterally extended spaced guideribs, a`nd means for locking said disk from movement in one direction, substantially as described.

3. A wire-working tool consisting of astock or handle, a ceiling-disk having ratchet-teeth upon its periphery and provided with a radial aperture extending through said periphv eryand with laterally-extendingspaced guideribs, and a pawl carried by said stock or handle and operating upon said ratchet-teeth,

substantially as described.

'guide-ribs,

4. Awire-working tool consistingr of astock or handle, a coiling-disk mounted for rota- `tion upon said stock orhandle and having a radial aperture and laterally-extended spaced with their inner adjacent faces concaved, to form-a vtension means for'the Wire, substantiallyr as described.

A,said stock or fdisk from movement in one direction, and a t coverplate detachably' having an ou twardly-open- 5. A wire-Working tool consisting of astock or handle having a circular cavityatone end provided with a radial transverse aperture leading outwardly through the wall of the cavity; a coiling-disk mounted rotatively in said cavity and having an outwardly-opening radial aperture corresponding with said radial stock-aperture, and formed with, laterally-extended spaced guide-ribs exteriorly of handle, means for locking said shoulder or lug, spaced fromand arranged parallel with the plane of the stock and having an undercut groove therein, and a coverplate secured to said stock and having an aperture engaging the disk under said shoulder and provided with a radial aperture registering with said radial stock-aperture, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM LIECHTY.

Witnesses:

B. F. WELTY, .CHRISQTIAN STEINER. 

